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fluid mechanics

...changes when the pressure is changed by a small amount, and this is described by the compressibility of the fluid—either the isothermal compressibility, β
T, or the
adiabatic compressibility, β
S, according to circumstance. When an element of fluid is compressed, the work done on it tends to heat it up. If the heat has time to drain away to...